But he also has lots in common with talk show hosts Jerry Springer, Oprah Winfrey and Ricki Lake.

Just ask the fans who mob him after he wraps up filming a segment of Telemundo's new TV talk show "Padre Alberto." Cutie's a star in the making, they say.

"A priest can give you a spirituality a psychologist can't," said 58-year-old Carmen Torres, as she waits outside the studio of the Spanish-language network to get a photo snapped with the talk show priest. "He is so cute, too."

Cutie, who was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, of Cuban parents 30 years ago, said he was minding his own business when a network producer asked him to audition for the job. Cutie (pronounced Coo'-Tee'-AY), a priest at St. Patrick's Church on Miami Beach, beat 500 others who tried out.

"I never pictured myself to be involved in television," he said, laughing.

"God surprises you all the time."

The one-hour show is a round-table discussion between Cutie and his guests on subjects ranging from domestic abuse and racism to youth violence and family relations.